DOI Heft:
No. 197 (August, 1909)
DOI Artikel:Bröchner, Georg: The exhibition of Swedish applied art at Stockholm
DOI Seite / Zitierlink:https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.20967#0239
The Exhibition of Swedish Applied Art at Stockholm
comprehensive affair, is probably the greatest
authority in Sweden in the matter of artistic textile
work, ancient and modern alike, and she has
published several very able essays on these sub-
jects. The “Licium” section at the exhibition has
a number of exquisite specimens both of church
work and other kinds—hangings, banners, etc. Of
special interest is a three-winged Gobelin, repre-
senting scenes from Dalecarlia, designed by
Sweden’s most famous painter, Anders Zorn, him-
self a true Dalecarlian, and his aged mother is
depicted as one of the peasant women leaving the
church. The weaving is done in the old Gobelin
manner, but the subjects and the colours are treated
in a more realistic style than is generally the case with
textile work, and the result is most effective. There
are also large, decorative hangings by other pro-
minent artists, amongst them Gunnar Wennerberg,
and some magnificent antependiums intended for
Swedish cathedrals—altogether a perfect collection
of artistic textile work, of which Miss Branting
and her fellow-worker, Mrs. Borjeson have every
reason to be proud.
The most important and, when all is said and
done, the best textile exhibit, however, is the large
Gobelin, of which a coloured reproduction accom-
panies this article. Designed by Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Boberg, and woven at the atelier of
the Nordiska Company, this, too, represents
a scene from Dalecarlia (Mr. Boberg likewise
hails from this historic province)—a funeral at
Leksand, a subject which has been made to admir-
ably answer its purpose, and which, in itself, is a
singularly picturesque function, owing to the quaint
and striking national dresses worn by the peasantry,
one of the mourning garments, for instance, being a
large bright yellow apron. Mr. and Mrs. Boberg
have, in spite of the actuality of the scene depicted,
ANTEPENDIUM FOR ST. SOPHIA’S CHURCH, STOCKHOLM, DESIGNED BY AGNES SKOGMAN-SUTTHOFF
EXECUTED BY “ HANDARBETET’S VANNER,” STOCKHOLM
209
comprehensive affair, is probably the greatest
authority in Sweden in the matter of artistic textile
work, ancient and modern alike, and she has
published several very able essays on these sub-
jects. The “Licium” section at the exhibition has
a number of exquisite specimens both of church
work and other kinds—hangings, banners, etc. Of
special interest is a three-winged Gobelin, repre-
senting scenes from Dalecarlia, designed by
Sweden’s most famous painter, Anders Zorn, him-
self a true Dalecarlian, and his aged mother is
depicted as one of the peasant women leaving the
church. The weaving is done in the old Gobelin
manner, but the subjects and the colours are treated
in a more realistic style than is generally the case with
textile work, and the result is most effective. There
are also large, decorative hangings by other pro-
minent artists, amongst them Gunnar Wennerberg,
and some magnificent antependiums intended for
Swedish cathedrals—altogether a perfect collection
of artistic textile work, of which Miss Branting
and her fellow-worker, Mrs. Borjeson have every
reason to be proud.
The most important and, when all is said and
done, the best textile exhibit, however, is the large
Gobelin, of which a coloured reproduction accom-
panies this article. Designed by Mr. and Mrs.
Ferdinand Boberg, and woven at the atelier of
the Nordiska Company, this, too, represents
a scene from Dalecarlia (Mr. Boberg likewise
hails from this historic province)—a funeral at
Leksand, a subject which has been made to admir-
ably answer its purpose, and which, in itself, is a
singularly picturesque function, owing to the quaint
and striking national dresses worn by the peasantry,
one of the mourning garments, for instance, being a
large bright yellow apron. Mr. and Mrs. Boberg
have, in spite of the actuality of the scene depicted,
ANTEPENDIUM FOR ST. SOPHIA’S CHURCH, STOCKHOLM, DESIGNED BY AGNES SKOGMAN-SUTTHOFF
EXECUTED BY “ HANDARBETET’S VANNER,” STOCKHOLM
209